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LJ Idol 9, Week 9: Keep Calm and End This Meme
Does anybody else miss the days when Frank, the LJ mascot, was having a romance with Meme the Sheep? Okay, so in actuality, I barely even read those things and thought they were kinda dumb, so I guess what I miss is LJ's heyday, before it became this desert wasteland of ONTD and people who will never leave because they shelled out for permanent ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 9, Week 7: No True Scotsman
“And you call yourself a geek.”
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do, and I don’t need your permission to do so, no matter how many movie quotes I fail to recognize, or what my geek number is (pretty low, actually ( Read more... ) -
Oh look! It's not an LJ Idol post!
Though it is tangentially writing related. I know a lot of people on my f-list are big readers, and a fair few are fantasy/sf people, so I wanted to share this:
Crossed Genres Magazine KickstarterIt's a small sf/fantasy magazine from a publisher (of the same name) that actively encourages submissions by and about underrepresented people of all ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 9, Week 5: Build a Better Mousetrap
Marc double-checked everything in the van to make sure he hadn’t forgotten anything. Two tents, sleeping bag, air mattress, extra sleeping bag because someone always forgot theirs, duffel bag, and cooler filled with ice and pop. The empty cooler, waiting for food, sat on the driveway. Satisfied, Marc went back inside to wait ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 9, Week 4--Nobody can ride your back if your back's not bent
“Do you know the story of the oak and the reed, dearest?” The old woman lifted her granddaughter’s chin with one finger to look into her eyes ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 9, Week 2: The Missing Stair
Janny’s nose had been stuck in her book since she sat down in the bus to go home. Her parents had installed a keypad lock, so instead of fumbling for keys at the front door, Janny simply transferred her book from right hand to left, without so much as glancing up, so she could punch in the combination, and switched hands again to take off her ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 9, Week 1: Jayus
I see that my boss has come in for the day, so with a big smile on my face, I sidle into the Service office, where he’s sitting at his desk. In my best Perky McCheerful voice, I ask, “Would you like to know how my morning has gone ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 9, Week 0: Introduction
It is halfway through the first quarter of my 8th grade year, and my family has just moved. My new school has “electives” for junior high. I have been placed in Creative Writing, which is a disappointment because I enjoy writing, and I’d really like to be able to take the class for a whole quarter ( Read more... ) -
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I'm sure I will live to regret this, but I'd regret not doing it even more. :)
LJ Idol, Season 9, here I come.
If you want to play too (do eeeet, it's the last one!), sign-ups are HERE! -
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So, I know that I'm an inveterate LJ lurker even in the best of times, but I have been in moving limbo for a while, and I haven't had internet for three months. Did I miss anything?